What books are you into recently?

I'm about to start reading'The Kellogg's:The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek" by Howard Markel
The 2 brothers,Will the founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flakes and his older brother,John was a physician,best selling author,patron saint of wellness.
I'm always interested in reading about well known families, their relationships with each other,some good,bad.If the family members reconcile their differences
 

The book I'm reading now is'Hero Dogs' by Wilma Melville with Paul Lobo
Wilma is a retired phys ed teacher,she volunteered to become a canine search&rescue handler with her black lab,Murphy in '95.Their 1st mission was helping after Oklahoma City bombings.At the time there were only 15 FEMA certified dogs in U.S.
The book is about how she singlehandly started a pilot program National Disaster Search Dog Foundation in Calif.All the dogs are rescues,rejects and strays.The first 3 dogs she rescued were all golden retrievers,with help of volunteers&others she paired them with firefighters.
What I've read so far is fascinating&emotional,I've shed a few tears Sue
 
Because all the libraries here are closed until further notice, I'm reading a lot of my "favorites" on my bookshelves again (this isn't a sacrifice in most cases......I enjoy re-reading good books. After all, we listen to a symphony over and over again, don't we?)

So here I am, reading "Sophie's Choice" again for the first time since the 1970's. I absolutely loved it the first time around. This time, I'm muttering, "C'mon, William (Styron), get a move on! Pick up the pace! I know you like to hear yourself talk, but enough is enough!"

It must be me getting crotchety in my old age, but I don't have the patience any more to slog through some author using $1000 words when the $1 words will do just fine. That's not to say that I don't love a good turn of phrase as much as the next person, but let's just tell the story and tell the story well. I can't help but feel that these authors are shouting, "HEY, LOOK AT ME! I WENT TO COLLEGE AND GOT A DEGREE IN ENGLISH! I KNOW A BUNCH OF BIG WORDS AND I LIKE TO USE THEM LIBERALLY BECAUSE I CAN!!!"
 
jujube said:
I can't help but feel that these authors are shouting, "HEY, LOOK AT ME! I WENT TO COLLEGE AND GOT A DEGREE IN ENGLISH! I KNOW A BUNCH OF BIG WORDS AND I LIKE TO USE THEM LIBERALLY BECAUSE I CAN!!!"
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I know people for whom that choice of words is common. That's the way they speak. It's not always a put-on.
 
I finished reading The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman. I enjoyed it and it was easy to read and I love books. Currently reading Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui - a recommendation from my daughter. Its based on her travels and a true story. Not sure next but maybe Underland by Robert Macfarlane.
 
I just finished one by Mary Higgins Clark, one of the older ones, Moonlight Becomes You

And that is the reason I had a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep. Still was worth it though, a great read.

Too bad she is no longer with us, she was one of the greats for suspense.
 
gennie said:
I'm especially grateful for my Kindle and being able to get new books through my computer.
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My husband and and I are grateful for our Kindles, too. We filled up our house with 20,000 books, including a lot in the basement in boxes. We had to give 2000 away to charities to make room for more. We always had stacks of books everywhere because we'd run out of bookcase space.

Then we got Kindles, and things became so much simpler. They're not as sensually satisfying as paper books, for sure, but they're so convenient! You can get your books so quickly, carry bunches of them with you anywhere so easily, store them so simply. We now have 3000 books between us on our Kindles.

I sure wish Amazon would introduce a feature for organizing one's Kindle books into folders and subfolders, though. It's a pain in the butt trying to remember what you've got on the damn things, and it's not easy to scan the list. Oh well...

Fi
 
If anyone wants to read a work of fascinating nonfiction that will give you some perspective on our current pandemic, I highly recommend the book I just finished—Pale Horse: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World by Laura Spinney. It's very well researched, and it's written with a tone that is lively & engaging, not depressing at all.
 
Fiona said:
If anyone wants to read a work of fascinating nonfiction that will give you some perspective on our current pandemic, I highly recommend the book I just finished—Pale Horse: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World by Laura Spinney. It's very well researched, and it's written with a tone that is lively & engaging, not depressing at all.
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Thanks for the recommendation. I'm always on the look out for something good to read.
 
Bought this book at flea market last year.
SPRING MOON by Bette Bao Lord.
This is a book about China before & during the time communism took over.
Very interesting read as the lady in book is from well to do family .
The changes she experiences n her life time.

I believe the author of the book is her grand daughter who left China with her parents to go to Washington D.C.
Her parents left their infant daughter behind in care of her aunt.
There is a follow up book about the sister's life in China.
EIGHTH MOON
The two sisters eventually reunite & write this book together.

After reading the two books, I can't help but wonder about their lives now.
What adjustments the younger sister had to make.
Did she get to fulfill her dreams?
 
Right now I'm reading 2 books:
1. God Save Texas - yup, it's all about Texas
2. Elderhood - yup, it's all about getting old with answers to questions that you probably were afraid to ask.
 

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